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Become One Person, Become No Person - Perfect Samadhi

From North London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Sep, 2020 - 00:00
Budcast talk, Saturday 8 August 2020. Nandaraja explains how Perfect Samadhi (meditation, or better, unification of mind) completes the Buddha's 8-fold Path. "Samadhi is a higher state of consciousness that is not fettered by concepts, ideas or language. All the previous seven limbs of the Eightfold Path come together, and Perfect Samadhi is both supported by and supports them, integrating them into a holistic system of interconnectedness that dissolves clinging and yields a renunciation of the roots of suffering."
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This week's offers from Windhorse Publications

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 15:30

This week's offers from Windhorse Publications

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 15:30

This week I’ve not only got news about free eBooks from Windhorse Publications, but also about how to quality for free shipping when you buy books from us.

In this week’s free eBook, Who is the Buddha?, Sangharakshita views the Buddha from three perspectives: as a historical figure, a warrior prince searching for the truth; as the pinnacle of human evolution; and as an archetype in the context of both time and eternity.

If you haven’t yet downloaded last week’s free eBook, What is the Sangha?,...
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This week's free eBook and how to qualify for free shipping

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 15:30

This week's free eBook and how to qualify for free shipping

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 15:30

The image of the Buddha, cross-legged and meditating, has permeated modern western culture, and can now be found almost everywhere, from Instagram to the garden centre. But who was the Buddha? In this week’s free eBook, Who is the Buddha? Sangharakshita views the Buddha from three perspectives: as a historical figure, a warrior prince searching for the truth; as the pinnacle of human evolution; and as an archetype in the context of both time and eternity.

Who is the Buddha? is a concise yet far-reaching...
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Ordination Training Weekend - The Guru and the Dakini

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 14:27

Ordination Training Weekend - The Guru and the Dakini

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 14:27

Coming up on the 18th of September is the first online Ordination Training Weekend to happen yet.

Ordination Training Weekends have been one of the great highlights of the Padmaloka programme since the late nineteen-eighties; the purpose of them being to give men who’ve asked for Ordination an opportunity to gather together, with the Ordination Team and to explore and take inspiration from the riches of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

The weekend will be centred around the symbols and significance of the Guru...
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Dharmabyte: Undermining Certainty

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

The whole of the Bodhicaryavatara builds to Shantideva’s exposition on Wisdom. Yet often the commentaries skip it, with humbleness and strong sense of biting off more than he can chew Dharmashalin tries to explore how we can engage with this material.

From the talk Wisdom In the Bodhicaryavatara (5 of 6), part of the series The Bodhicaryavatara given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Order Questionnaire Part 1 - You and Your Order Life OM

From The Sikkha Project on Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 - 09:46
  • You and Your Order Life

Dear Order Members,

As you likely know, in mid-2019 the Sikkha Project asked as many Order Members as possible (outside of India) to fill in the first Order Practice questionnaire. 

The aim of Sikkha is to strengthen our spiritual practice and training at all levels, and this questionnaire was our first step in clarifying how we practise in the Order, seeing what is helpful and what might support a flourishing practice and Order.

A Huge Response

We received a huge response from the...

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FBA Podcast: Transcendental Refuge In the Time of Covid-19

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 12 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

Candrika explores how we might work with the mythic dimension in our current situation of pandemic. There is so much going on in our local and global community. Candrika takes us through the wisdom and symbolism of the Five Buddha Mandala to help us make sense of the world, helping us to work with difficult feelings of fear, disruption, despair.

Talk given as part of the Glasgow Buddhist Centre, Scotland, April 2020.

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Three Myths: Eight talks

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 11 Sep, 2020 - 16:49

Three Myths: Eight talks

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 11 Sep, 2020 - 16:49

The team at Adhisthana are really excited to invite you to this online series  - Three Myths: Eight Talks. What are the potential values and shortcomings of each of the Three Myths as an approach to insight? How can this help us live a full Dharma life?

Maitreyabandhu and Jnanavaca will be giving this series of talks, from 11th-18th...
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An Introduction to the Brahma Viharas

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Fri, 11 Sep, 2020 - 00:00
Rijumitra of Vajraloka Retreat Centre gives the opening talk in the GBC's Brahma Viharas season. Using the experiences of availability and resistance to explore the practices.
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An Introduction to the Brahma Viharas

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Fri, 11 Sep, 2020 - 00:00
Rijumitra of Vajraloka Retreat Centre gives the opening talk in the GBC's Brahma Viharas season. Using the experiences of availability and resistance to explore the practices.
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